AW: AW: [aiethics] What are humans made of?
Jared M
logically@37.com
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 05:53:47 +0400
Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - http://www.alicebot.org
Ahh but you both ARE Kantian whether or not you know it. Pedro here, =
like many people, is quick to label his contradiction a 'paradox' and =
live with it. Pedro, you are fully wrong. A paradox is a contradiction =
(a recognized contradiction) that is considered a proven statement (let =
me give you an example: the paradox of time travel...the fact is, and =
you should read Steven Hawking, time travel cannot exist). Few (well, =
none) of these are actually valid. Yours, Pedro, is not valid. =
Instead, it's arbitrary. Pedro, you and your Platolian friends have =
attempted to argue with the Objectivists for years and years. Aristotle =
has prevailed, Rand has prevailed, Locke prevailed, Peikoff prevailed in =
all intellectual battles. You.are.wrong. You're basing your arguement =
off truth! And yet you admit there is no truth!
Secondly, Mr. Drossman, you ARE Kantian as well. Both of you have =
argued your experience over my principle (which is sad because this =
constitutes MOST of your arguement while you never would have known if I =
hadn't said I was a teenager, GUARANTEED...not to mention the fact that =
you're not that much older than me...I almost excuse it when my 45 year =
old mother does it). Experience is not the only means of knowledge, in =
fact, a secondary and less efficient means of knowledge. You assert =
that you are Kantian by agreeing with SOME parts of what I'm saying and =
putting yourself in the "holier than thou moderate" position, a position =
which I abhor most. I do not mean to argue, rather educate you (and, =
yes I will be so egotistical as to say educate you because I feel that =
pride is a great virtue, unlike you). Your arguements have failed. =
They will always fail.
Now to address a more relevant issue, ethics. Animals do not make =
choices. They just don't! Sadly, you are outmatched in even =
experience. We are the only animal who has reason (and I believe if =
someone says something ridiculous enough that people will believe =
it...take the statement that dolphins are smarter than us :P). This is =
the source of our morality. ANIMALS JUST CAN'T REASON. Of course, you =
Kantians believe that if you WISH them to reason or if you PERCEIVE them =
to have reason they do. =20
How can you argue on the basis of truth when you admit to yourself that =
we cannot know truth. Is that the truth? You REFUSE reason as you do =
not believe in absolute truth. Of course, you have asserted that reason =
is inescapable because you have chosen your arguements for a reason. =
You cannot escape me. You cannot escape Aristotle's philosophy and you =
cannot escape our arguements. You have lost the great battle. You and =
your Christians, Nazis, Communists (and free-sourcers! *giggle*). =
Subjectivism asserts that Objectivism is correct by its existence. You =
are absolutely wrong. Plainly WRONG. =20
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